Over the past few weeks, YSP Media has been busy working with Belinda Basson of Dreamfusion Productions to produce a short documentary on the St. George’s Knights, a powerchair football team based at the England training ground of St. George’s Park near Burton. The film was completed for the video content production website Genero’s brief for Unscriptd, a company involved in distrubuting inspiring and engaing sports stories online.

We received some fantastic support from the St. George’s Knights team, coaching staff and parents, with manager Warren Kelsall helping us create the final result thanks to his incredible enthusiasm to help bring the sport and team to greater awareness. The competition brief will be won by 6 filmmakers, with each receiving $5,000 for their film and it is our intention, should our documentary be selected, to donate our prize money back to the club to allow more players to get into this amazing sport. You can find the film at the website Genero here and we’d appreciate any support through sharing to help spread awareness.

St. George’s Knights are a team of inspiring young men who refuse allow their disabilities to prevent them from playing and enjoying sport. Powerchair football gives them ‘a level playing field’ and their courage, passion and competitiveness drive them to be the very best they can be.

A big thank you to all of the crew who helped make this happen and we look forward to helping the film and team reach as wide an audience as possible.

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http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/st-georges-knights/#commentsThu, 21 Aug 2014 08:50:55 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=4475St. George’s Knights are a team of inspiring young men who refuse allow their disabilities to prevent them from playing and enjoying sport. Powerchair football gives them ‘a level playing field’ and their courage, passion and competitiveness drive them to be the very best they can be. Created for the Genero Unscriptd Sports brief.

Directed by: Christopher Bevan

Produced by: Belinda Basson

Cinematography: Joff Whaite

Sound: Adam Fletcher

Composer: Paul O’Brien

Edited by: Christopher Bevan

Production Assistant: Aaron Thompson

Special thanks to the St. George’s Knights Team and all at St. George’s Park

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http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/between-the-ropes/#commentsThu, 21 Aug 2014 08:45:46 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=4471Between the Ropes is a short documentary that aims to lift the lid on the physicality, athleticism and dedication needed to work as a professional wrestler on the independent circuit in the UK. Challenging pre-conceptions about the training and skill that go into wrestling, our story focuses on some of the many individuals working their way up the ranks. Created as a pitch for Talenthouse and Prime & Fire Selects documentary brief.

Voting is now closed in the Viewster Online Film Festival, thanks so much to everyone who took the time to vote and share the film. We really appreciate it! We now await the jury’s verdict after making the top 20, so we’re in with a shot at winning one several prizes. Thank you again and we look foreward to the next opportunity to screen and share Love & Other Chairs.

Following the film’s completion last month, we’re delighted that our latest short Love & Other Chairs has begun it’s festival run with two selections so far and more than a dozen submissions. Filmed in early 2013 after a successful IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign which raised £1637 (£437 more than our target!), Love & Other Chairs has been in post-production since as we’ve taken time to fine tune the film and ensure that the final product represents the film we set out to make as closely as possible. Written by Luke Kondor and directed by Christopher Bevan, the film tells the story of Julian (Mark Drake), a lonely wreck of a man with a problem; every woman he meets turns into a chair. After trying to make it work with his girlfriend-turned-furniture-piece, he becomes desperate for love.

Since submission to festivals began last month, the film has so far been selected for the Viewster Online Film Festival and the Thurrock Film Festival as part of the Fiction category and we’re keeping our fingers crossed for further selections in the coming months. A massive thanks goes to all of our IndieGoGo backers for making this film possible along with our fantastic cast and crew for working hard to bring it to life. Particular thanks go to our superb editor Silvia de Abreu for bringing the best out of the film and helping push us during a very challenging but exciting post-production.

‘Love & Other Chairs’ is a darkly comic short film which follows Julian’s bizarre unravelling as he tries to come to terms with what is ostensibly the end of a relationship, with the absent loved one taking on the form of a chair. As a director this was such an eye catching idea and the script that writer Luke Kondor had developed was brilliant at showing not just the darkly humourous concept, but also the heartache Julian goes through. In development we discussed the idea of metaphors taking on physical manifestations and we hope that the film will provoke laughter and thought through the unusual manner in which the tale unfolds. The themes resonate quite strongly with us, and we feel like it’s a concept that people can enjoy and hopefully take something away from. We look forward to you seeing the film very soon!

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http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/the-lost-boys/#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 15:32:06 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=4431Coming soon! A short visual piece following the lives of a group of children living wild in the woods under the influence of a malevolent spirit. Currently looking to attach a music artist to release as a promo video. Shot on RED Epic. You can see clips from this video as part of director Christopher Bevan’s showreel. Please get in touch for more information.

Directed by Christopher Bevan

DoP – Karl Poyzer

Production Designer – Beth Croft

Grade – Kraig Winterbottom

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http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/oddsocks-summer-tour-video-diaries/#commentsThu, 05 Jun 2014 15:20:10 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=4427A short collection of fly-on-the-wall video diaries filmed for Oddsocks Productions’ summer tour 2014 featuring Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shot at Derby Theatre rehearsals rooms on Green Lane in Derby. These videos have been used by theatres up and down the country to promote the upcoming shows to theatres and audiences. For more information on Oddsocks please visit www.oddsocks.co.uk.
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http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/romeo-juliet-theatre-trailer/#commentsTue, 15 Apr 2014 12:04:18 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=4413A short theatre trailer produced for Ellesmere College who chose to place their particular version of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet in Manchester, loosely based on the underground criminal gangs with legitimate faces that thrive in the city. One of the college’s most popular and well received productions, YSP was tasked with producing a trailer that highlighted the production value and feel of the story as well as key moments in the play.
]]>http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/romeo-juliet-theatre-trailer/feed/0Love & Other Chairshttp://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/love-other-chairs/
http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/love-other-chairs/#commentsTue, 15 Apr 2014 12:00:19 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=3308Coming Soon!

Julian has a problem; every woman he meets turns into a chair. After trying to make it work with his girlfriend-turned-furniture-piece, he becomes desperate for love. Love & Other Chairs has just been completed and is currently being submitted to festivals.

Official Selection Thurrock Film Festival 2014

Official Selection Viewster Film Festival 2014

Cast

Mark Drake – Julian

Faith Knight – Kate

Rowan Scarborough – Danielle

Katie Hind – Stacey

Della Brett – Megan

Freya Sharp – Woman at Car

Barman – Joseph Maudsley

Crew

Director & Producer – Christopher Bevan

Writer – Luke Kondor

Executive Producers – Lynne Land & Todd Plesco

Associate Producers – Michael Burke, Ces Peynetti & Mark Young

Director of Photography – Karl Poyzer

Costume Designer – Sophie Black

Focus Puller – Grant Murphy

Clapper Loader – Ola Mesmer

Sound – Phil Arnold

1st Assistant Director – Jason White

Editor – Silvia de Abreu

Make Up Artist – Emma Grant

Art Director – Joseph Maudsley

Colour Grader – Kraig Winterbottom

Composer – Jonathan Armandary

Concept Artist – Sydney Henningsen

Stills Photographers – Paul Bednall & Luke Kondor

]]>http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/love-other-chairs/feed/0The Trialhttp://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/the-trial/
http://yspmedia.co.uk/videos/the-trial/#commentsTue, 15 Apr 2014 11:56:16 +0000http://yspmedia.co.uk/?post_type=videos&p=4405As part of a co-production with YSP Media & Dreamfusion Productions, Anglo Klaxon Pictures presents THE TRIAL, a short science-fiction thriller where medically augmented, mind-reading ‘Detectives’ ascertain the guilt or innocence of criminal suspects through their memories. Joseph Grigson is placed under arrest for a crime he didn’t commit. To prove his innocence, he is offered the chance to take part in an experimental new form of interrogation that will ascertain an absolute verdict without the necessity to go to court. After signing his life away to Hollerman-Yeung, the scientific corporation behind this revolutionary judicial process, Joseph undergoes an ordeal beyond his imagination…

Official Selection SFF-rated Athens Film Festival 2014

Official Selection Sci-Fi London Film Festival 2014

Official Selection The Pineapple Underground Film Festival, Hong Kong 2014